---
canonical: 'https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/php'
title: 'Generate Birthday Invites in PHP'
description: 'Create personalized birthday invitation images using PHP. Copy the complete request and swap in each guest''s details.'
---

# Birthday invite card

Autogenerated invite graphic for a party.

This example image shows a fun Google Font over an SVG background. Swap in your own text to autogenerate personalized messages.

This is a working HTML/CSS to Image API example that produces an image.
The rendered output, source, and non-content request parameters below show the parts needed to reproduce or adapt it.

## Rendered image and interactive editor

- [Open the rendered image](<https://hcti.io/v1/image/01a0a1cd-fd64-7d0d-a229-6c2a9ff150a2>)
- [Open the interactive example](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/php)

## HTML

```html
<div class="p-4 background d-block text-center" style="width: 500px">
  <span class="tweet-text mb-4">
    Join us for Jen's birthday party this Saturday at Golden Gate Park. Starts at 1:30pm. Hope to see you there! 🥳
  </span>
  <div class="p-4">
  </div>
</div>

<!-- Include external CSS, JavaScript or Fonts! -->
<link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk" crossorigin="anonymous">

<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Yusei+Magic&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
```

## CSS

```css
.background {
background-color: #ff7700;
background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1600 900'><polygon fill='%23cc0000' points='957 450 539 900 1396 900'/><polygon fill='%23aa0000' points='957 450 872.9 900 1396 900'/><polygon fill='%23d6002b' points='-60 900 398 662 816 900'/><polygon fill='%23b10022' points='337 900 398 662 816 900'/><polygon fill='%23d9004b' points='1203 546 1552 900 876 900'/><polygon fill='%23b2003d' points='1203 546 1552 900 1162 900'/><polygon fill='%23d3006c' points='641 695 886 900 367 900'/><polygon fill='%23ac0057' points='587 900 641 695 886 900'/><polygon fill='%23c4008c' points='1710 900 1401 632 1096 900'/><polygon fill='%239e0071' points='1710 900 1401 632 1365 900'/><polygon fill='%23aa00aa' points='1210 900 971 687 725 900'/><polygon fill='%23880088' points='943 900 1210 900 971 687'/></svg>");
background-size: cover;
}

.tweet-text {
  background-color: #fff2ac;
  background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #EF7E31 0%, #C72B4E 100%);
  font-weight: bold;
  font-size: 32px;
  color: #F3EBF1;
  font-family: 'Yusei Magic', sans-serif;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  padding: px;
}
```

## Request parameters

These are the additional non-content parameters used by the example. Combine them with the HTML and CSS above when constructing an API request.

```json
{
  "google_fonts": ""
}
```

## Complete PHP request (cURL)

This is the complete PHP request for this example using cURL. It includes the HTML, CSS, authentication setup, API options, and response handling needed to reproduce the output.

```php
<?php

$request = [
    "html" => <<<'HCTI_HTML'
              <div class="p-4 background d-block text-center" style="width: 500px">
                <span class="tweet-text mb-4">
                  Join us for Jen's birthday party this Saturday at Golden Gate Park. Starts at 1:30pm. Hope to see you there! 🥳
                </span>
                <div class="p-4">
                </div>
              </div>
              
              <!-- Include external CSS, JavaScript or Fonts! -->
              <link href="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.0/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" integrity="sha384-9aIt2nRpC12Uk9gS9baDl411NQApFmC26EwAOH8WgZl5MYYxFfc+NcPb1dKGj7Sk" crossorigin="anonymous">
              
              <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com">
              <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Yusei+Magic&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
              HCTI_HTML,
    "css" => <<<'HCTI_CSS'
             .background {
             background-color: #ff7700;
             background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 1600 900'><polygon fill='%23cc0000' points='957 450 539 900 1396 900'/><polygon fill='%23aa0000' points='957 450 872.9 900 1396 900'/><polygon fill='%23d6002b' points='-60 900 398 662 816 900'/><polygon fill='%23b10022' points='337 900 398 662 816 900'/><polygon fill='%23d9004b' points='1203 546 1552 900 876 900'/><polygon fill='%23b2003d' points='1203 546 1552 900 1162 900'/><polygon fill='%23d3006c' points='641 695 886 900 367 900'/><polygon fill='%23ac0057' points='587 900 641 695 886 900'/><polygon fill='%23c4008c' points='1710 900 1401 632 1096 900'/><polygon fill='%239e0071' points='1710 900 1401 632 1365 900'/><polygon fill='%23aa00aa' points='1210 900 971 687 725 900'/><polygon fill='%23880088' points='943 900 1210 900 971 687'/></svg>");
             background-size: cover;
             }
             
             .tweet-text {
               background-color: #fff2ac;
               background-image: linear-gradient(to right, #EF7E31 0%, #C72B4E 100%);
               font-weight: bold;
               font-size: 32px;
               color: #F3EBF1;
               font-family: 'Yusei Magic', sans-serif;
               margin-bottom: 20px;
               padding: px;
             }
             HCTI_CSS,
];

$curl = curl_init("https://hcti.io/v1/image");
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_USERPWD => sprintf("%s:%s", getenv("HCTI_API_ID"), getenv("HCTI_API_KEY")),
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Content-Type: application/json"],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode($request, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR),
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($curl));
}
$status = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
curl_close($curl);
if ($status >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException(sprintf("HCTI request failed (%d): %s", $status, $response));
}

$result = json_decode($response, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
printf("%s\n", $result["url"]);

```

## Other languages and request formats

Open one of these Markdown pages to view the same example as a complete request in another language or client format.

- **TypeScript**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/typescript-client.md)
  - [fetch](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/typescript.md)
- **C#**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/csharp-client.md)
  - [HttpClient](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/csharp.md)
- **Python**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/python-client.md)
  - [requests](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/python.md)
- **PHP**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/php-client.md)
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/php.md) — shown above
- **Ruby**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/ruby-client.md)
  - [Net::HTTP](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/ruby.md)
- **Go**
  - [HCTI client](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/golang-client.md)
  - [net/http](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/golang.md)
- **cURL**
  - [cURL](https://htmlcsstoimage.com/examples/birthday-invite-card-email/curl.md)

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